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You saw with your own eyes what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/nlt/joshua/24.htm">New Living Translation</a> When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. With your very own eyes you saw what I did. Then you lived in the wilderness for many years. <a href="/esv/joshua/24.htm">English Standard Version</a> And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time. <a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/kjv/joshua/24.htm">King James Bible</a> And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/24.htm">New King James Version</a> So they cried out to the LORD; and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you dwelt in the wilderness a long time. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/nasb/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/lsb/joshua/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then they cried out to Yahweh; He put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for many days. <a href="/amp/joshua/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When they cried out to the LORD [for help], He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time (forty years). <a href="/csb/joshua/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your ancestors cried out to the LORD, so he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your fathers cried out to the LORD, so He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.&#8221 <a href="/asv/joshua/24.htm">American Standard Version</a> And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. <a href="/cev/joshua/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Your people cried to me for help, so I put a dark cloud between them and the Egyptians. Then I opened up the sea and let your people walk across on dry ground. But when the Egyptians tried to follow, I commanded the sea to swallow them, and they drowned while you watched. You lived in the desert for a long time, <a href="/erv/joshua/24.htm">English Revised Version</a> And when they cried out unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. <a href="/gwt/joshua/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He made the sea flow back and cover them. You saw for yourselves what I did to Egypt. Then you lived in the desert for a long time. <a href="/gnt/joshua/24.htm">Good News Translation</a> they cried out to me for help, and I put darkness between them and the Egyptians. I made the sea come rolling over the Egyptians and drown them. You know what I did to Egypt. "'You lived in the desert a long time. <a href="/isv/joshua/24.htm">International Standard Version</a> But when they cried out to the LORD, he placed darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon the Egyptians, and swallowed them up. Your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you lived in the desert for a long time. <a href="/msb/joshua/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/net/joshua/24.htm">NET Bible</a> Your fathers cried out for help to the LORD; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/nheb/joshua/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days. <a href="/wbt/joshua/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. <a href="/web/joshua/24.htm">World English Bible</a> When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they cry to YHWH, and He sets thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brings the sea over him, and covers them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and you dwell in a wilderness [for] many days. <a href="/ylt/joshua/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days. <a href="/slt/joshua/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they will cry to Jehovah, and he will put darkness between you and between Egypt, and he will bring the sea upon him, and will cover him; and your eyes will see what I did in Egypt; and ye shall dwell in the desert many days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time: <a href="/cpdv/joshua/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time. <a href="/nabre/joshua/24.htm">New American Bible</a> When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, upon whom he brought the sea so that it covered them. Your eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After you dwelt a long time in the wilderness, <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did to Egypt. Afterwards you lived in the wilderness a long time.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when your fathers cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and then the LORD divided the Red Sea, and brought your fathers through the midst thereof; then he brought the sea upon the Egyptians, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I did to the Egyptians; and I brought you to the wilderness, and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And your fathers cried out to LORD JEHOVAH and he made darkness among the Egyptians, and LORD JEHOVAH divided the Sea of Reeds and he made your fathers cross over inside it, and he brought the sea over the Egyptians and it covered them, and your eyes have seen the thing that I did to the Egyptians, and I brought you to the wilderness and you dwelt in the wilderness for many days<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And when they cried out unto the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. <a href="/sep/joshua/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days. <a href="/parallel/joshua/24-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=6305" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/24.htm">Joshua Reviews Israel's History</a> …6When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea. 7<a href="/hebrew/6817.htm" title="6817: way·yiṣ·‘ă·qū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; to proclaim.">So your fathers cried out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and He put</a> <a href="/hebrew/3990.htm" title="3990: ma·’ă·p̄êl (N-ms) -- Darkness. From the same as 'aphel; something opaque.">darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4713.htm" title="4713: ham·miṣ·rîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Eg. From Mitsrayim; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim.">you and the Egyptians,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">He brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">the sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: way·ḵas·sê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">and engulfed them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê·ḵem (N-cdc:: 2mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">Your very eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wat·tir·’e·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I did</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">to the Egyptians.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wat·tê·šə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">Then you lived</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: ḇam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">for a long</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">time.</a> 8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">Exodus 14:10-31</a> As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD. / They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” ... <a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Exodus 15:1-21</a> Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. / The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name. ... <a href="/psalms/106-7.htm">Psalm 106:7-12</a> Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea. / Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. / He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-11</a> You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. / You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters. <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a> He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. <a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a> By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-14</a> Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a> I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-3.htm">Deuteronomy 11:3-4</a> the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land; / what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day; <a href="/psalms/78-12.htm">Psalm 78:12-13</a> He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. / He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Exodus 3:7-8</a> The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. <a href="/exodus/14-1.htm">Exodus 14:1-9</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon. / For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’ ... <a href="/exodus/14-26.htm">Exodus 14:26-28</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” / So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea. / The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Exodus 15:22-24</a> Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water. / And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) / So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” <a href="/numbers/14-9.htm">Numbers 14:9-10</a> Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!” / But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and you dwelled in the wilderness a long season.And when<a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">Exodus 14:10</a> And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.he put<a href="/exodus/14-20.htm">Exodus 14:20</a> And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.brought<a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Exodus 14:27,28</a> And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea… your eyes<a href="/exodus/14-31.htm">Exodus 14:31</a> And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.<a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34</a> Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?<a href="/deuteronomy/29-2.htm">Deuteronomy 29:2</a> And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;he dwelt<a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a> For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33,34</a> And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness… <a href="/nehemiah/9-12.htm">Nehemiah 9:12-21</a> Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-12.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-21.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/joshua/6-16.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/joshua/2-5.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/joshua/24-6.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/joshua/24-6.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/joshua/23-13.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/joshua/10-33.htm">Help</a> <a href="/joshua/24-6.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Season</a> <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/4-18.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/judges/3-23.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/judges/3-9.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/judges/6-9.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Help</a> <a href="/judges/5-17.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-16.htm">Season</a> <a href="/judges/2-10.htm">Time</a> <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 24</div>1. <a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem</a> 2. <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">A brief history of God's benefits from Terah</a> 14. <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm">He renews the covenant between them and God</a> 26. <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">A stone the witness of the covenant</a> 29. <a href="/joshua/24-29.htm">Joshua's age, death, and burial</a> 32. <a href="/joshua/24-32.htm">Joseph's bones are buried</a> 33. <a href="/joshua/24-33.htm">Eleazar dies</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The act of crying out signifies a deep, earnest plea for divine intervention, reflecting a pattern seen throughout the Old Testament where God's people call upon Him in times of need (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a>). This cry is a turning point, leading to God's deliverance, and it underscores the importance of prayer and reliance on God.and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians This refers to the miraculous event during the Exodus when God provided a cloud of darkness to separate the Israelites from the pursuing Egyptian army (<a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Exodus 14:19-20</a>). This divine intervention not only protected the Israelites but also demonstrated God's power over creation. The darkness symbolizes God's judgment on the Egyptians and His protection over His chosen people, reminiscent of the plague of darkness in Egypt (<a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a>).over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them This phrase recalls the parting of the Red Sea, a pivotal event in Israel's history where God demonstrated His sovereignty and power by allowing the Israelites to cross on dry ground and then drowning the Egyptian army (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-28</a>). This act of deliverance is frequently referenced in Scripture as a testament to God's faithfulness and might (<a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Psalm 136:13-15</a>). It prefigures baptism, symbolizing salvation and the washing away of sin.Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians The emphasis on the Israelites' eyewitness experience serves as a reminder of God's tangible acts of salvation. It reinforces the authenticity of the event and the responsibility of the witnesses to remember and pass down the story of God's deliverance. This personal experience of God's power is meant to strengthen faith and obedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Deuteronomy 4:9</a>).Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time This phrase refers to the 40-year period of wandering in the wilderness, a time of testing and reliance on God for provision (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2-4</a>). It was a formative period for the Israelites, during which they received the Law and learned to trust in God's guidance. The wilderness experience is often seen as a metaphor for the Christian journey, emphasizing faith, perseverance, and dependence on God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> God's chosen people, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and witnessed His mighty works. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_egyptians.htm">The Egyptians</a> The oppressors of the Israelites, who pursued them even after their release. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The God of Israel, who performed miracles to deliver His people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_red_sea.htm">The Red Sea</a> The body of water that God parted to allow the Israelites to escape and then used to destroy the Egyptian army. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The place where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after their exodus from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> Just as God delivered the Israelites from the Egyptians, He delivers us from our own "Egypts"—situations of bondage and oppression. Trust in His power to save. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> The Israelites cried out to the LORD, and He responded. This teaches us the importance of prayer and reliance on God in times of trouble. <a href="/topical/w/witnessing_god's_works.htm">Witnessing God's Works</a> The Israelites were eyewitnesses to God's miracles. We, too, should be attentive to God's work in our lives and testify to His goodness. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_experience.htm">The Wilderness Experience</a> The time in the wilderness was a period of testing and growth for the Israelites. Our own "wilderness" experiences can be times of spiritual growth and reliance on God. <a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a> The crossing of the Red Sea required faith and obedience. We are called to step out in faith, trusting in God's promises and commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 24</a> <a href="/q/what's_circumcision's_role_in_the_bible.htm">How does God's wrath manifest in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_exodus_34_10_marvels.htm">(Exodus 34:10) Is there any historical or archeological evidence that God performed the marvels described here in front of the Israelites?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_scripture_show_collective_punishment.htm">Ezekiel 33:17 - If God's ways are truly just, why do we see instances of collective punishment and suffering elsewhere in Scripture?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_pentateuch.htm">What is The Pentateuch?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And when they cried unto the Lord. This fact is taken, without addition or amplification, from <a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">Exodus 14:10-12</a>. The original has unto Jehovah, for "unto the Lord." He put darkness (see <a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Exodus 14:19, 20</a>). The occurrence, which there is most striking and miraculous, is here briefly related. But the miracle is presupposed, although its precise nature is not stated. You. This identification of the Israel of Joshua's day with their forefathers is common in this book (see notes on Joshua 6:21, dec.). A long season. Literally, many days. Here, again, there is no discrepancy between the books of Moses and this epitome of their contents. If both this speech and the Pentateuch were a clumsy patchwork, made up of scraps of this narrative and that, flung together at random, this masterly abstract of the contents of the Pentateuch is little short of a miracle. Whatever may be said of the rest of the narrative, this speech of Joshua's must have been written subsequently to the appearance of the books of Moses in their present form. But is there any trace of the later Hebrew in this chapter more than any other? <a href="/commentaries/joshua/24-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So [your fathers] cried out וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ (way·yiṣ·‘ă·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6817.htm">Strong's 6817: </a> To shriek, to proclaim to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD, יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and He put וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set darkness מַֽאֲפֵ֜ל (ma·’ă·p̄êl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3990.htm">Strong's 3990: </a> Something opaque between בֵּינֵיכֶ֣ם ׀ (bê·nê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between you and the Egyptians, הַמִּצְרִ֗ים (ham·miṣ·rîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt over whom עָלָ֤יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against He brought וַיָּבֵ֨א (way·yā·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the sea הַיָּם֙ (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin and engulfed them. וַיְכַסֵּ֔הוּ (way·ḵas·sê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> To plump, fill up hollows, to cover Your very eyes עֵינֵיכֶ֔ם (‘ê·nê·ḵem) Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain saw וַתִּרְאֶ֙ינָה֙ (wat·tir·’e·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see what אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I did עָשִׂ֖יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make to the Egyptians. בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם (bə·miṣ·rā·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa Then you lived וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ (wat·tê·šə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the wilderness בַמִּדְבָּ֖ר (ḇam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech for a long רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great time. יָמִ֥ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/24-7.htm">Joshua 24:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">OT History: Joshua 24:7 When they cried out to Yahweh he (Josh. 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